Bernie Sanders vows to remain in the race until the Democratic National Convention

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last updated 8 June 2016

As the votes were still being tallied in California's Democratic primary, Bernie Sanders announced late Tuesday night in Santa Monica that he is not going anywhere, despite Hillary Clinton making history earlier in the night as she claimed the party's nomination.

Sanders vowed to press on to the Washington, D.C., primary on June 14, and then take the fight for "social, economic, racial, and environmental justice to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania," for the Democratic National Convention. "I am pretty good at arithmetic and I know the fight ahead of us is a very steep fight, but we will continue to fight for every vote and delegate," he promised.

After several days of campaigning across the Golden State, Sanders thanked the people of California for their hospitality and said he was profoundly moved by going from city to city and "seeing thousands and thousands of people coming out, people who are prepared to stand up and fight for real change in this country." He briefly mentioned Donald Trump, and said the country won't support a candidate "whose major theme is bigotry, who insults Mexicans, who insults Muslims and women and African-Americans. We will not allow Donald Trump to become president of the United States." At the end of his speech, Sanders raised his fist and declared, "The struggle continues."

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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